PLUS’ FOURTH LANE WIDENING PROJECT IN PROGRESS

To ensure highway users enjoy smoother and more convenient travel in the future, PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) is actively carrying out a Fourth Lane Widening Project at selected stretches along its highways.

The estimated RM1.4 billion highway widening project had started since July 2012 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2014.

“The project is aimed at giving long-term benefits to public and highway users. Once the project is completed, it will improve our services and provide a whole new travel experience on the designated highways,” Fuad added.

Besides increasing traffic capacity, other additional features of this project are the addition of a fifth lane at the Damansara-Subang (southbound stretch) and a dedicated climbing lane on the Kota Damansara-Bukit Lanjan stretch for heavy vehicles.Currently, the Second Phase works which includes the re-alignment and re-marking of the current lanes, the closure of the emergency lane, and construction works of pavement sub bases at the respective stretches are actively being carried out.

“As such, we will take all the necessary measures to ensure effective traffic management such as activating the contra flow, installing warning and informatory signages, plastic barriers and so on.

We have taken various approaches to ensure that the project will not cause major disruptions to the traffic flow. As such, pavement works will only be conducted at night where there is less traffic on the mainline. Nevertheless, we require a minimum of 4 hours to ensure proper curing of the new pavement surfaces before they can be used by all vehicles. As such, we regret any inconvenience caused by the widening works and at the same time, seek the understanding and co-operation of the public during this period.

To ensure the safety of highway users while plying the construction stretches, PLUS opens up emergency lanes and emergency lay-bys at every 2 kilometres along the construction sites, increases the patrolling number of PLUSRonda teams, provides tow truck services and so on.

“We would also like to advise the public to plan their journey and check the latest updates of our lane closures. At the same time, we also encourage the public to use alternative roads. Please contact us to receive the latest traffic updates via the PLUSLine number at 1800 88 0000, The PLUSTrafik Twitter service, PLUS Mobile application for smartphones and tablets or surf the website at www.plus.com.my”, Fuad said.